News from October 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Jasmine M. Mitchell was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for credit card fraud and identity theft, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and United States Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Andrew C. Adelmann.
By State Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: As the Administration works to contain the Ebola Virus Disease epidemic in West Africa and mitigate the risk of further transmission into the United States, every reasonable containment option should be pursued urgently. This includes measures to enhance health system preparedness...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: Two Detroit residents pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and aiding and abetting in the use of false identification, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Joshua Fields, 32, of Nottingham, was sentenced in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 15 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack appointed 13 members to serve on the National Watermelon Promotion Board. All of the appointees’ terms will begin Jan. 1, 2015, and end Dec. 31, 2017.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Buckboard Bean Inc. and Sunset Trading LLC satisfied reparation orders issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - JENNIFER WALTER pled guilty to multiple charges of making false, fictitious and fraudulent claims to the U.S. Department of the Treasury in connection with the filing of false tax returns and the creating of false W-2 forms.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANGELA D. MARTIN, also known as Angela Haussmann, 30, of Wallingford, was sentenced today by Chief...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: What: A concert of sea songs, featuring Linsey Aitken and Ken Campbell, on tour from Loch Lomond, Scotland.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Joshua Fields, 32, of Nottingham, was sentenced in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 15 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Carrolltown, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to five years of probation, the first twelve months of which must be satisfied by a condition of home confinement, and ordered to perform 500 hours of community service on his conviction of conspiracy to manufacture and possess marijuana plants, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former delegate of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Local 1235 was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for conspiring to extort longshoremen on the New Jersey piers for Christmastime tribute payments, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman and Eastern District of New York U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. -Coalatta A. Cooper, 55, of Providence, will be summonsed to U.S. District Court in Providence, on a date to be determined by the court, to answer to a civil violation charging her with disturbance on federal property, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger today sentenced Taryn Krista Elizabeth Toineeta Rattler, 26, of Cherokee, N.C., to 70 months in prison on drug trafficking conspiracy charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Rattler was also ordered to serve three years under court supervision upon completion of her prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former civilian employee at McConnell Air Force Base pleaded guilty Wednesday to embezzling more than $54,000 in public funds, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that R. Wayne Murphy, age 63, and J. Kevin Murphy, age 36, father and son pharmacists from Boston, Georgia pled guilty today before the Honorable Hugh Lawson, United States District Judge in Macon, Georgia. Wayne Murphy pled guilty to introducing adulterated and misbranded drugs into interstate commerce; Kevin Murphy pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute hydrocodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the guilty plea of SUSAN ELIZABETH WALKER, 50, for abusing her position of trust as a registered securities agent and financial advisor to steal nearly $1 million from at least 24 victims. WALKER, who was charged by information on Sept. 22, 2014, pleaded guilty today before Chief Judge Michael Davis in United States District Court in Minneapolis.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Chester County, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of sex trafficking of a child, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: Four Others Plead Guilty. CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - CONCORD, N.H. - Rafael Humberto Celaya Valenzuela, 41, formerly of Sonora, Mexico, was convicted following a jury trial of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, including cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: Secretary of the Interior Sally- Jewell today joined Wyoming Governor Matt Mead, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe and local officials to recognize the efforts of private Wyoming landowners in helping to conserve the landscape of the American West at a ceremonial signing of nine long-term protection plans for sagebrush habitat--the first of their kind in Wyoming.
